Critter Identification Help

[C Bryant]

This pic was taken in Sequoia National Park a few days ago. Ray Laconico and I came across it while walking back to my truck. Any idea of what this little guy is? The hole is no more than 2" across.

My gf thinks it is a shrew. I was thinking just a field mouse, but it did have a bit of a pointy snout.

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[Odaon]

Cute little critter. Haha, looks to be some sort of mouse.

 

[mymindisamob]

Pointy nose, but still looks like a field mouse.
Nice pic.:thumbup:

 

[coaldigger]

Looks like a field mouse to me

 

[DennisStrickland]

looks like a shrew .voracious little guys eat twice their body daily mostly bugs &earth worms.expert in our bunch is jill thorton.

 

[el dub]

Shrews have 5 toes, mice 4. looks like a long nosed mouse.

 

[Thomas Linton]

Could be a Deer Mouse. They vary in color and have tails shorter than the rest of their body. Carrry HANTA virus. :grumpy:

http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/mammals/pero-man.html

 

[C Bryant]

Shrews have 5 toes, mice 4. looks like a long nosed mouse.

Interesting.... I did not know that. Thanks for that bit of info.

 

[Ed Fowler]

It looks like a white footed mouse. If it is, they are very tame, don't make messes or stink up a house like deer mice do. Naturally some folks claim they carry disease, but not as many as humans do.

 

[KuRUpTD]

 

[C Bryant]

I think we may have firured it out...that looks just like him! I will have to do a search and see if they are common in the Sequoias. Thanks Ed and KuRUpTD.

 

[DOC-CANADA]

I might be mistaken, but wasn't it the white-footed mouse that was the carrier for hanta virus, when that outbreak happened in 4 Corners, USA, a few years back?

Doc

 

[Ed Fowler]

Doc - Canada: you are correct, according to the news there was a super crop of Pinion nuts, which encouraged a large surge in the population of white-footed mice, as I remember one person died. The press likes to sensationalize and the poor white footed mouse was a victim.

The same for rattlesnakes, every day many folks walk right past them and don't get bit, don't even know a rattler was present - let one person get bit and it makes the front page of the newspaper and everyone knows fear, thus killing one every time they get a chance.

 

[m]

Look at those beedy eyes and that high forehead. He's a killer alright!

 

[CWL]

The hole is no more than 2" across.

If that is a 2" hole, then I think you are looking at a rat.

 

[Joezilla]

The same for rattlesnakes, every day many folks walk right past them and don't get bit, don't even know a rattler was present - let one person get bit and it makes the front page of the newspaper and everyone knows fear, thus killing one every time they get a chance.

amen to that!

 

[Joezilla]

The same for rattlesnakes, every day many folks walk right past them and don't get bit, don't even know a rattler was present - let one person get bit and it makes the front page of the newspaper and everyone knows fear, thus killing one every time they get a chance.

amen to that!

and I think its a white foot too, not a shrew. They have much longer noses.

 

[saxon]

Doc - Canada: you are correct, according to the news there was a super crop of Pinion nuts, which encouraged a large surge in the population of white-footed mice, as I remember one person died. The press likes to sensationalize and the poor white footed mouse was a victim.

The same for rattlesnakes, every day many folks walk right past them and don't get bit, don't even know a rattler was present - let one person get bit and it makes the front page of the newspaper and everyone knows fear, thus killing one every time they get a chance.

Many people collect alot of their pinion nuts out of the mouse and pack rat winter stashes. This put them in contact with the virus. Mostly by breathing the stirred up dust.

 

[Ed Fowler]

Absolute blatant larceny! Serves them right!

 

[Loosearrow]

Many people collect alot of their pinion nuts out of the mouse and pack rat winter stashes. This put them in contact with the virus. Mostly by breathing the stirred up dust.

I love pinion nuts, grew up on them. Would not take them from a nest. Haven't had any in years. Hanta virus gets airbore from the dust from the droppings, right?